PatErnieAlderete originally shared this on 15 Nov 2010 on ancestry.com.
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Maria Guerrero Oñate/Captain Bernardo Asque Armendaris Ausens
Burguette-Auritz-Navarra, Spain/Espana/Parral-Chihuahua-Nueva Biscaya-Mexico
1640s- Captain Bernardo Asque y Armendariz Aussens born about/nacido acerca 1640s Burguette-Auritz, Navarra-Spain/Espana
Maria Guerrero de Oñate born about/nacida acerca 1640s Burguette-Auritz, Navarra-Spain/Espana
The first Spanish settlers to arrive in New Mexico were in the party of Juan de Onate y Salazar in 1598.
Onate is a Hispanicized spelling of the original Basque name Onati, which means someone from the town of Onati in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa.
Five known children of/Cinco hijos de Bernardo Asque y Armendariz Ausens/Maria Guerrero Onate:
Our ancestor/Nuestro antepasado Bernardo Azcue Armendariz Guerrero born about 1663-71 San Diego de Minas Nuevas-Chihuahua
Ana Azcue Armendariz Guerrero born about 1665 Valle de Allende-Chihuahua/married Lazaro Saldana
Diego Azcue Armendariz Guerrero born 16?? Mexico
Andres Azcue Armendariz Guerrero born about 1669-74 Cuencame-Durango/married Antonia Hierro Vera June 4, 1691 Valle de Allende, or Parral Not Allende Not Parral
Miguel Azcue Armendariz Guerrero born 16?? Mexico
Maria Guerrero listed as deceased in the 1677 second marriage record of her husband, Captain Bernardo Asque y Armendariz Ausens noted below:
Bernardo Armendaris December 26, 1677 Parral second marriage to Maria del Hierro Cereceda:
“In the designated home of Regina (“de Vera” crossed out) Gonzales by order of our most sacred Catholic Church, Don Captain Bernardo de Asque y Armendariz, a neighbor of this Realm of Minas Nuevas, widower of Dona Maria Guerrero, a native of the Kingdom of Navarra, legitimate son of Don Juan Asque y Armendariz and Cathalina de Aussens, with Dona Maria del Hierro Cereceda from the Valley of San Bartolome (now Allende), legitimate daughter of the late Captain Andres del Hierro y Cereceda, and of the previously mentioned Regina Gonzales, witnesses included Don Bartolome del Hierro Grados, Captain-General of this Realm, Ygnacio Leiton, Vici. Justicia of this Realm, and many other people.”
Witness Ygnacio Leiton born August 24, 1630 in Victoria de Durango-Durango, then capital of Nueva Biscaya which included what would become Chihuahua after Mexican independence.
Manuel Ascue Hierro baptised October 2, 1680 Parral-Chihuahua
Maria Cathalina Asque Hierro born December 12, 1683 Parral-Chihuahua: “born in the zone of the hospital of the naturals of this community, Maria Cathalina, (Spanish in margin) daughter of Bernardo Asque Armendaris and Maria del HierroCereceda”
January 11, 1685 Parral: Captain Bernardo Asque Armendariz acting as executor of the will of his second mother-in-law, Regina Vera, frees a mulato slave named only Diego on the condition that Diego pay 250 pesos, which he does pay. Diego may be the unnamed mulatto mentioned in the following baptism:
Pedro Asque Hierro baptised December 10, 1685 Valle de Allende-Chihuahua:
“On the 10th of December 1685 I baptized Pedro, Spanish infant son of Bernardo Asque and Maria Hierro, a mulatto performed a valid emergency baptism by water and did
well, godfather Domingo de Sanssamalo, Captain of the Presidio of Serro Gordo.”
Regina Asque Hierro baptised May 21, 1690 Valle de Allende-Chihuahua:
Parents Bernardo Asque Armendariz/Maria del Hierro Cereceda births in Allende skip from 1686 to 1692 Juachin Asque Hierro baptised April 14, 1692 Allende-Chihuahua:
“In the chapel of the hacienda of San Lorenzo of the descendants of Captain Andres del Hierro in the Valle of San Bartolome, I baptized Juachin, legitimate son of Captain Bernardo Asque y Almendaris and Maria del Hierro Zereceda, godfather Magn. Martin de Ugalde, Captain of the Presidio of Serro Gordo”
Francisca Rossa Asque Hierro married July 13, 1693 Valle de Allende-Chihuahua: “In the chapel of the descendants of Captain Andres Hierro, Spanish daughter of Bernardo Asque Almendaris/Maria Hierro, godparents Captain Martin de Ugalde and Antonia Hierro.”
Juan Ygnacio Asque Hierro baptised March 3, 1695 Valle de Allende-Chihuahua: “Spanish infant son of Captain Bearnardo Asque Armendaris and Maria Hierro, godfather General Juan Leal de Retana, Captain of the Presidio of Conchos.”
52 year-old Captain Bernardo Asque y Armendariz godfather at the July 31, 1692 Valle de Allende baptism of grandson, Juan Francisco Asque y Armendaris y Hierro.
Miguel Christobal Saldana Asque Armendaris baptised February 8, 1694 Valle de Allende-Chihuahua: “legitimate son of Ana de Asque Armendariz Guerrero, baptised by water in case of emergency by his grandfather, Captain Bernardo Asque Armendaris.”
Bernardo Fermin Saldana Asque Armendaris baptised October 5, 1696 Valle de Allende-Chihuahua: “legitimate son of Ana de Asque Armendaris, godparents (namesake and maternal grandfather) Bernardo Asque Armendaris and Maria Asque Armendaris.”
Regina Asque Hierro married Joseph Prieto de Aranda December 3, 1719 Valle de Allende-Chihuahua: 29 year-old “Regina Asque Hierro, daughter of Captain Bernardo Asque Armendaris and Maria del Hierro, both deceased, godparents Simon Cordero/Juana Prieto.”
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